Teamwork powers the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, beating the defense to score a game-winning basket. It also enables FCA designers to create stylish, award-winning vehicles. More than 15 Pistons players and staff members recently spent a couple of hours at the Product Design Office in FCA’s Auburn Hills, Michigan, complex to share ideas and real-world examples
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When an Alfa Romeo takes to the road, the classic design of the Italian performance vehicle turns heads. In the classroom, Alfa Romeo vehicles are also an inspiration to the next generation of designers. “When I look at candidates at design schools, they are always sketching Alfa Romeos,” said Ralph Gilles, Head of Design, FCA
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My office at the FCA US complex is pretty low key – you won’t see a lot of sketches hanging on the walls. Since I travel a lot in my job as head of global design I don’t see my office as often as I used to. But I keep one important memento there, an
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The totally new Chrysler Pacifica minivan was the “star of the auto show” for many this week at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. But it wasn’t the only news the company and our executives made this week. Here are six items you may – or may not – have read about. Bigger &
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When engineers and designers were tasked to create the next generation of Chrysler’s iconic minivan, they didn’t just get to make few changes, but instead were given the opportunity to totally make over one of the company’s most beloved vehicles. The new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is built on an entirely new platform, resulting in an
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Which two Chrysler vehicles were the basis for the Chrysler 300 exterior design when it debuted in 1955? How many wins did the Chrysler 300 have in its first two NASCAR seasons? When did we last see the Chrysler 300’s fins? In what year did the company unveil a Chrysler 300 based on the Cordoba?
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What’s one of the best ways to convince Millennials that they need cars? Hire them. That’s part of the strategy behind Ignite Automotive 3. Modeled after Ignite Seattle, Ignite Automotive shares the same format. Speakers from the auto industry have exactly five minutes to enlighten the audience, backed by 20 slides that auto-advance every 15
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